2010 World Fencing Championships
# 2010 World Fencing Championships

The 2010 World Fencing Championships were held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France 4–13 November.

## Medal table

* Host nation (France)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA)* | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Épée details | Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) | Gauthier Grumier (FRA) | Gábor Boczkó (HUN) Jean-Michel Lucenay (FRA) |
| Team Épée details | France (FRA) Gauthier Grumier Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri | United States (USA) Benjamin Bratton Weston Kelsey Cody Mattern Benjamin Ungar | Hungary (HUN) Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli Péter Somfai |
| Individual Foil details | Peter Joppich (GER) | Lei Sheng (CHN) | Gerek Meinhardt (USA) Yuki Ota (JPN) |
| Team foil details | China (CHN) Huang Liangcai Lei Sheng Zhang Liangliang Zhu Jun | Italy (ITA) Valerio Aspromonte Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà | Japan (JPN) Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota |
| Individual Sabre details | Won Woo-young (KOR) | Nicolas Limbach (GER) | Cosmin Hănceanu (ROU) Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) |
| Team sabre details | Russia (RUS) Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko Artem Zanin | Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino | Romania (ROU) Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Florin Zalomir |

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Épée details | Maureen Nisima (FRA) | Emese Szász (HUN) | Tatiana Logunova (RUS) Nathalie Moellhausen (ITA) |
| Team Épée details | Romania (ROU) Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Anca Măroiu | Germany (GER) Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Ricarda Multerer Monika Sozanska | South Korea (KOR) Jung Hyo-jung Oh Yun-hee Park Se-ra Shin A-lam |
| Individual Foil details | Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) | Arianna Errigo (ITA) | Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) Valentina Vezzali (ITA) |
| Team foil details | Italy (ITA) Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali | Poland (POL) Karolina Chlewińska Sylwia Gruchała Katarzyna Kryczalo Anna Rybicka | South Korea (KOR) Jeon Hee-sook Nam Hyun-see Oh Ha-na Seo Mi-jung |
| Individual Sabre details | Mariel Zagunis (USA) | Olha Kharlan (UKR) | Olena Khomrova (UKR) Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) |
| Team sabre details | Russia (RUS) Dina Galiakbarova Yuliya Gavrilova Svetlana Kormilitsyna Sofiya Velikaya | Ukraine (UKR) Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Halyna Pundyk Olga Zhovnir | France (FRA) Cécilia Berder Solenne Mary Léonore Perrus Carole Vergne |

## Participating nations

A record of 110 nations competed, with many making their debuts including Curaçao and Sri Lanka among others.

* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (13)
* Armenia (3)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (17)
* Austria (10)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Belarus (11)
* Belgium (5)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (22)
* Brunei (1)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (23)
* Chile (8)
* China (31)
* Colombia (10)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Côte d'Ivoire (4)
* Croatia (5)
* Cuba (1)
* Curaçao (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (14)
* Denmark (2)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
* Dominican Republic (9)
* Ecuador (1)
* El Salvador (3)
* Egypt (8)
* Estonia (8)
* Finland (8)
* France (39)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (25)
* Greece (17)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hong Kong (23)
* Hungary (34)
* Iceland (3)
* India (9)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (8)
* Iraq (13)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (18)
* Italy (32)
* Japan (25)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (31)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* Latvia (7)
* Lebanon (6)
* Libya (1)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mali (4)
* Mexico (7)
* Morocco (3)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (9)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Niger (2)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (7)
* Panama (3)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (42)
* Portugal (8)
* Qatar (7)
* Romania (22)
* Russia (41)
* Senegal (5)
* Serbia (6)
* Sierra Leone (7)
* Singapore (7)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (14)
* South Korea (25)
* Spain (16)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (8)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Thailand (15)
* Togo (1)
* Tunisia (10)
* Turkey (13)
* Ukraine (33)
* United Kingdom (27)
* United States (32)
* United States Virgin Islands (1)
* Uruguay (2)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Venezuela (24)
* Vietnam (1)
